Thartheel ’14, best quariah (reader) contest organised by GIO Kerala State Committee for girls came to a close. In the mega final event held at Kannur, Maryam Raihan from Malappuram district bagged the first prize in the state level contest. Hanan Saeed of Kasargod and Muhsina Gafoor of Kozhikode stood second and third respectively. Thirty-five girls selected from the primary and secondary level competitions held at regional level contested in the final. Of these 10 were selected for mega final.
Dr. Raniya Awad of USA inaugurated the conference conducted in connection with the close of the event. In her speech she wanted the students not to pull back from religious studies while pursuing their professional studies. Predecessors of our Deen gave equal status for both religious and physical sciences. Those who wrote volumes on Islamic jurisprudence themselves did heavily contribute to medical science and political science. That legacy should be enlivened through us, she said.
Jamaat-e-Islami Assistant Ameer Sheikh Mohammed Karakunnu declared the winners of the competition. In his speech, Sheikh Mohammed said, wide applause for ‘applause’ is a mark of achievement of Muslim community.
Jamaat-e-Islami General Secretary P. Mujeeb Rahman said, Thartheel is a programme which reveals the aesthetics of the holy book which itself is the ideological base of revolutions ongoing in different parts of the globe.
GIO state president P. Ruksana presided over the meeting. Jamaat-e-Islami women’s wing President Safiya Ali, GIO Tamil Nadu President Thasneem Mubeena, MGM General Secretary Shameema Islahiya, Solidarity state president T. Mohammed Velom, SIO State Secretary Thoufiq Mampad, Quran Study Centre state coordinator Abdul Qadir Akod, Souda K, Rafeeha and others took part.